re St Germain , Casanova,

Count St. Germain is said to be one of
HPB's predecessors in the centenary
cyclic effort to reintroduce the
perennial wisdom of THEOSOPHY to the "West."

Excellent response. Two things still
come to mind. First of
all, St G founded no overt movement, so
it is difficult to see
how he could rank along with HPB. His
TRINOSOPHIA, which is all
we have of his written work, does not
hold a candle to the SD.

Second, when he was in Germany the
Rosicrucians wanted to see if
he was one of their secret heads. So
they sent some of their people to see
him. The story can be found translated
in Butler's RITUAL MAGIC, but I have
also seen the German text. The
delegates returned to say that he was
not a Rosicrucian and that he was not a
theosophist, meaning in the eighteenth
century sense that he was not a student
of metaphysics. That I am sure I
remember correctly. It appears he was a
trader in dyes and jewels who amused
himself by making absurd claims. Read
what Casanova had to say about him and
see what you think.>>>
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But didn't Carlos Castaneda, eg, protect
the real identity/location of Don Juan
by saying that his (CC's) books were all
fiction? Anyway, Casanova's story seems
kind of one sided to me about St G.
Aren't there any positive stories that
might tend to be supportive of St G in
some way from some fairly credible
witness? That is, eg, what if both ST G
and Casanova wanted to both reveal
certain kinds of information (in order
to get people to explore new avenues of
thought, say ...), but what if they at
the same time felt that the realities
supporting the information ought not to
be revealed to the public (because of
danger of whatever) so ... But for all I
know, though, maybe they were both
chalatans or whatever.